Catalogue
Peloponnesos, Achaean League, Antigoneia mint, (c.160-150 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.362 grams), obv. Zeus head right, rev. monogram of AX letters E Y across, AN below, wreath around, (S.2998, Clerk 193, BMC 102-3, Hunterian 11). Good very fine, scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Bosporus, Caesarea (Panticapaeum), (late 1st century B.C., RPC suggests c.13-12 B.C.), AE 21, (4.875 grams), obv. veiled female head to right, wearing kalathos, rev. sceptre, separating KAI **SA/ RE WN*, (S.-, RPC 1936, SNG Cop.9, BMC 4-5, SNG Stancomb 614-5). Good fine/good very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $0
Bosporus, Gorgippia, (1st century B.C., SNG Stancomb suggests 100-70 B.C.), AE 20, (4.74 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, rev. Thyrsus leaning on tripod, across in two rows **GOR GIP/PE WN*, monogram ME to left, (S.-, cf.SNG Cop.1, SNG Stancomb 620). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $180
SOLD $0
Bosporus, Agrippa (Phanagoria), (late 1st century B.C., RPC suggests c.13-12 B.C.), AE 21, (7.20 grams), obv. veiled female head to right of Aphrodite Urania, rev. prow to left, above A**GRIP/PEWN*, H below, (S.-, RPC 1935, SNG Cop.7-8, BMC 1-3, SNG Stancomb 631). Good fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Bosporus Kings, Aspurgus, (c.A.D. 10/11-38/9), AE 23, (8.16 grams), obv. Aspurgus head to right, to left BAP monogram, IB to right, rev. Tiberius laureate head to right, TIBEPIOY KAI**SAROS* around, (S.5430, RPC 1903, SNG Cop.23, BMC 6-7, SNG Stancomb 966-7). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Bosporus Kings, various issues of Mithradates III (c.A.D. 39-44), AE 20, (5.47 grams), obv. Mithradates head to right, rev. bow in case lion skin over club IB below; Sauromates I (A.D. 93-123), AE 24, (8.19 grams), obv. crule chair, shield etc, rev. MH in wreath; Rhoemetalces (A.D. 131-153), AE 24, (14.68 grams), obv. diademed bust to right, rev. MH in wreath, (S.5432, 5457, 5469, RPC 1910, SNG Stancomb 969, 981, 990). Fair - fine all scarce. (3).
Estimate $80
SOLD $0
Pontus, Amasia, Caracalla, (A.D. 198-217), AE 30, (14.764 grams), issued year 208 (era of Amasia) = A.D. 206-7, obv. Caracalla laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, around AVT KAI MAV ANT**W*NINOC, rev. Nike standing to left, holding wreath and palm, in left field ET/CH, around **AD*PCEVANT AMACI ACM H NETP, (cf.S.2507, BMC 22, Recueil 71a). Good fine/fine, scarce reverse.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Bithynia, Kios, (c.350-300 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.380 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, rev. prow of galley to left, magistrate name **A QHNO DWPOS* above and below, (cf,S.3757 [£100], BMC 4 [P.131]). Very fine, and very scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Bithynia, Kios, (c.350-300 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.442 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, rev. prow of galley to left ornamented with a star, magistrate name **MILH TOS* above and below, (cf,S.3757 [£100], SNG Cop. 370). Very fine, and very scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Bithynia, Kios, (c.350-300 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (2.570 grams), obv. Apollo laureate head to right, rev. prow of galley to left, star on prow, magistrate name **DHM[H] TRIOS* above and below, (cf,S.3757 [£100], Le Rider Propontide hoard [1963] 353-357, BMC -, SNG Cop. -). Good fine/very fine, and very scarce.
Estimate $200
SOLD $0
Mysia, Astyra, under Persian Satrapy, Tissaphernes, (c.400-395 B.C.), AE 12, (1.504 grams), obv. portrait of Tissaphernes bare-headed to right, **TISS[A]* below, rev. cult image of Artemis, club to right, to left **[AST]URH*, (S.-, Cahn, Numismatics - Witness to History pp.11-14 and pl.3, Spink Num. Circ. April 1994 2006 [£950]). Nearly extremely fine/very fine and very rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
Mysia, Kyzikos, (c.480-450 B.C.), silver hemiobol, (0.415 grams), obv. forepart of running boar to left, tunny fish upwards behind, rev. within incuse square a roaring lion head to left, X before, (S.3851, BMC 123, SNG Cop. 49). Fine/very fine, scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Mysia, Lampsacus, (c.350 B.C.), AE 11, (1.448 grams), obv. bearded head of Priapos to right wreathed in ivy, rev. forepart of winged horse to right, **LAMYA* around, (cf.S.3908, SNG Cop.214). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Mysia, Parion, (350-300 B.C.), silver hemidrachm, (1.936 grams), obv. bull standing to left looking back, **PA* above bull PI below bull, branch ground line, rev. Gorgoneion facing, (S.3919 [£85], BMC 28-29). Lightly toned, very fine and a rare symbol.
Estimate $130
SOLD $180
Mysia, Pergamon, (c.300 B.C.), AE 10, (1.022 grams), obv. Herakles head clad in lion skin to right, rev. Athena head wearing crested helmet to right, **PER* below, (S.3958, BMC 22-23, SNG Cop.324, Lindgren III, 272). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Mysia, Regal bronze coinage of Pergamon, issued by Philetairos, (c.3rd - 2nd century B.C.), AE 16, (3.272 grams), obv. Athena in crested helmeted head to right, ornamented with griffin, rev. coiled serpent to right, to right, **FILETAIRO[U]*, in field to left monogram of NA, (S.7228, BMC 83, cf.SNG Cop.346-7). Very fine or better and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Mysia, Plakia, (c.350 B.C.), AE 12, (1.518 grams), obv. Kybele head to right wearing turreted headdress, rev. lion to right devouring prey, ear of corn below, **PLAKIA* above, (S.3983, BMC 5, SNG Cop.545). Nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $120
SOLD $0
Troas, Alexandreia Troas, Commodus as Caesar, (A.D. 177-192), AE 20 (5.416 grams), obv. bare headed bust, draped and cuirassed to right of Commodus to right, trace of legend ending AV, rev. statue of Apollo Smintheus standing to right, altar before, cypress behind, around COL AVG, (S.-, cf.Bellinger 192, BMC -). Dark patina, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Aeolis, Myrina, (2nd century B.C.), AE 13, (2.004 grams), obv. radiate head of Helios to right, rev. amphora with legend across field MY PI, (S.4221, BMC 32, cf.SNG Cop.226). Attractive green-black patina, very fine and a scarce type.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, (late 4th - 3rd century B.C.), AE 17, (3.756 grams), obv. armed horseman prancing to right holding couched spear, rev. humped bull butting to left, above **MAGN*, in exergue magistrate name **KUDRPKHS* all within meander pattern, (cf.S.4487, cf.BMC 39-40, SNG Cop.815). Green patination, very fine and rare.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, (2nd century B.C.), AE 17, (5.106 grams), obv. head of Artemis laureate to right, bow and quiver at shoulder, rev. statue of Artemis Leukophryene standing facing, wearing modius and veil, and fillet hanging from either hand, on right **MAGNHTWN*, on left, magistrates name NIKANWR K[AI] ZWPUROS* monogram **UDR* extreme right, (cf.S.4491, cf.BMC 42, SNG Cop.855). Green patination, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Ionia, Magnesia ad Maeandrum, (2nd century B.C.), AE 18, (3.338 grams), obv. stag standing to right, star above, in exergue **MAGNH[T]*, rev. statue of Artemis Leukophryene standing facing, wearing modius and veil, and fillet hanging from either hand, magistrates names to right **EUKLHS*, to left, **KRATINOS*, (cf.S.4496, BMC 47, SNG Cop.853). Dark patination, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $140
SOLD $0
Ionia, Miletus, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver twelth stater or obol, (1.092 grams), obv. forepart of lion and legs to right, rev. star ornament within incuse square, (S.3532, BMC 14). Very fine/nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Ionia, Miletus, (350-300 B.C.), AE 11, (1.032 grams), obv. head of Apollo laureate to right, rev. lion standing to right, looking back, star in upper field, left traces of magistrate name **LIAO* in exergue, (cf.S.4516, BMC 108-111, SNG Cop. 990). Green patination, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Ionia, Phygela, (350-300 B.C.), AE 9, (0.778 grams), obv. head of Artemis Munychia three-quarter face to left, wearing stephanos, rev. bull butting to right **FU* above, astragalos and monogram in exergue, (cf.S.4543, cf.BMC 1-3, SNG Cop.-, SNG von Aulock -). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Lydia, Sardeis, time of King Croesus or later, (c.550-520 B.C.), silver half stater or siglos, (5.030 grams), obv. confronting foreparts of lion, facing right, and bull facing left, rev. two incuse punches of unequal size, side by side, (S.3420 [£450], BMC 41, Traite pl.10, 9, SNG von Aulock 2877, I. Carradice, Coinage of the Persian Empire BAR Inter. Ser. 343, [1987], Pl.10, 3). Fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Lydia, Sardeis, (2nd-1st century B.C.), AE 15, (3.900 grams), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, dotted border, rev. club with **SARDI ANWN* either side, monogram V/II, all with oak-wreath, (S.4736, SNG Cop.476). Good very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Caria, Alabanda, Caracalla, (198-217), AE 27, (8.548 grams), obv. laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, around traces of legend, rev. laurel branch, around **ALAB A N DEWN*, (S.2551, BMC 40, SNG Von Aulock 2401, Lindgren 603 [This Coin]). Nearly fine/good fine and rare.
Estimate $60
SOLD $0
Caria, Alinda, Trajan, (98-117), AE 28, (14.108 grams), issued 98-100, obv. laureate head of Trajan to right, around AY NEP TPAIANOC KAI CE **G*EPM DAKIKO*C, rev. Herakles standing facing with club and lion skin, being crowned by Nike, **ALIN DEWN*, (S.-, SNG Von Aulock 2404). Fine, rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Caria, Antiochia ad Maeandrum, Gordian III, (238-244), AE 28, (8.614 grams), obv. laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right, around AYT K M ANT **GORD*IANOC, rev. Athena standing facing head to left with spear and shield, **ANTIO CEWN*, (S.-, BMC 48). Cleaned, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90